More Bubba …

This is another portrait of my friend, Bubba Hual, that I made back in 1985. I had posted one earlier of Bubba that I taken and I had had it exhibited in the PPofA National Print Exhibit in the late 1980’s. Now in the digital word you can take a color negative, scan the image, convert it to b&w and rework the image in Photoshop to give the image an entirely different look. I also ran the image through the Lucis Art Filter to bring out the texture of Bubba’s skin. Back in the early 1980’s, I attended a school in Greenville South Carolina for professional photographs. They brought in photographers from all over and two men that I took classes with were Al Gilbert from Toronto and Frank Cirrichio from Texas. I learned more from these two men than the majority all of the others combined. Here is the b&w conversion of the above image …

It is amazing how much the Lucis Filter brings out the detail in the skin texture. Thanks for looking and if you have any questions about any of this, please ask … Frank

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Thanks for the comment, Melody. Bubba was very nice to me and I thought that he was a special person. I had made some photos of him in 1979 and then I made these back in the mid-80’s. I had received a merit for the profile horizontal print of him from the Professional Photographers of America back in 1989, I believe was the year. However, when I look back on Bubba now, I really did not know anything about him, other than the fact that he was a photographer. I am sure that he told me somethings, but I can not remember much about him. And the more I think about him, I bet I never saw him more than 3 or 4 times. I wish I knew more and I am sure that he has probably past away by this time. Thanks for taking the time to look and to comment. If you ever have a minute send me something about Bubba to my personal email: frank@frankhardyphotography.com .
Keep in touch … Frank